Francis Lookout is a heritage-listed cemetery at 157 Dewar Terrace, Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
[1] Francis Lookout is an area of parkland located on a prominent hilltop site in Corinda.
At this time Frances Lookout was under the control of living private trustees being Henry Alexander Francis and George Waugh.
[1] Contained in the conditions that the Trustees of the land presented to council was that interment rights after transfer remained for Mrs Mervyn Alban Jones.
Improvements and repairs to the cemetery occurred in 1935–36 and were as follows:[1] The parkland is called Francis Lookout and is located on the corner of Dewar Terrace and Hilda Street, Corinda.
The site is generally an open, grassed and reasonably level knoll, gently falling away to the northwest corner.
[1] The boundary fence is white painted 100-by-75-millimetre (3.9 in × 3.0 in) hardwood intermediate posts set in the ground with a 100 by 100 millimetres (3.9 in × 3.9 in) diamond profile top rail and two strands of wire.
[1] The collection of eucalypts is especially significant, as they represent a community type that is found exclusively on rock outcrops at higher altitudes.
Francis Lookout is important in illustrating the pattern of Queensland's history, being rare surviving evidence of the mid and late 19th century development of the Corinda area as a farming community.
In its strong association with the Francis family from 1862 and beyond, the place is also illustrative of the contributions made by individuals to the evolution of Queensland's history.
The place illustrates some of the principal characteristics of a small privately established burial ground, including a lack of denominational divisions and the locally connected interments – especially the graves of the family on whose land the ground was established, and of their neighbours.
It was planted in 1868 by Mr. Daniel Clarkson the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clarkson [21] Burials in the Dunlop gravesite include: Burials in the Jones gravesite include: This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).